She Told Me To “Walk It Off” After My Fall—Then The MRI Revealed Why It Was No Accident

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“Can you feel this?” A doctor pressed something sharp against my shin.

“No.”

“This?” He moved to my thigh.

“No.”

“Here?” My abdomen.

“Yes.” Finally, yes. The line of sensation ended somewhere around my belly button, a hard border between feeling and void.

They rushed me through X-rays, the machine whirring and clicking above continue reading …